BIRDS OF COSTA RICA

HUMMINGBIRDS

• Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
• Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania columbica)
• Red-footed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia)
• White-crested Coquette (Lophornis adorabilis)
• Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae)
• Striped-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia)
• Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens)
• Steely-vented Hummingbird (Amazilia saucerrottei)
• Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula)
• Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
• Little Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
• Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus)
• Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
• Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaema)
• Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)
• Magenta-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox bryantae)
• Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)
• Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira cupreiceps)
• Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus)
• Brown Violet-ear (Colibri delphinae)
• Beryl-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia decora)
• Mangrove Hummingbird (Amazilia boucardi)
• White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
• Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
• Fork-tailed "Garden" Emerald (Chlorostilbon canivetti)
• Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)
• Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii)
• Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis)
• Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
• Black-bellied Hummingbird (Eupherusa nigriventris)
• Gray-tailed Mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris cinereicauda)
• White-bellied Mountain-gem (Lampornis hemileucus)
• Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla)

HONEYCREEPERS & TANAGERS

• Crimson-collared Tanager (Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta)
• Golden-hooded Tanager (Tanagara larvata)
• Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
• Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)
• Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
• Common Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus)
• Sooty-capped Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus pileatus)
• Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
• Speckled Tanager (Tangara guttata)
• Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
• Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
• Gray-Headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata)
• Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata)
• White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus)
• Red-throated Ant-Tanager (Habia fuscicauda)
• Spangled-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii)
• Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
• Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
• Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
• Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
• Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)

EUPHONIAS

• Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi)
• Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
• Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla)
• Golden-browed Clorophonia (Chlorophonia callophrys)

VIREOS, WARBLERS & GNATCATCHERS

• Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
• Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
• Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora perigrina)
• Wilsons Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
• Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
• Three-striped Warbler (Basileuterus tristriatus)
• Mangrove Warbler (Dendroica petechia erithachorides)
• Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
• Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
• Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
• Collared Redstart (Myioborus torquatus)
• White-lored Gnatcatcher (Polioptila albiloris)

RAPTORS & OWLS

• Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
• Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
• Semiplumbeous Hawk (Leucopternis semiplumbea)
• Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris)
• Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
• Crested Caracara (Polyborus plancus)
• Yellow-headed Caracara (Milyago chimachima)
• Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
• Black Vulture (Caagyps atratus)
• Laughing Falcon (herpetotheres cachinnans)
• Gray-headed Kite (Leptadon cayanensis)
• Bare-shanked Screech-Owl (Otus clarkii)
• Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

GUANS, CHACHALACAS & TINAMOUS

• Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
• Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
• Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)

MOURNERS, TITYRAS & COTINGAS

• Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra)
• Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
• Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor)
• Snowy Cotinga (Carpodectes nitidus)
• Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi)
• Yellow-billed Cotinga (Carpodectes antoniae)
• Three-wattled Bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata)
• Bare-necked Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis)

PIGEONS & DOVES

• Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris)
• Red-billed Pigeon (Columba cayennensis)
• White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
• Rock Dove
• Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
• Inca Dove (Columbina inca)

GROSSBEAKS & LARGE FINCHES

• Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
• Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
• Rose-breasted Grossbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
• Black-faced Grossbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)
• Large-footed Finch (Pezopetes capitalis)
• Yellow-thighed Finch (Pselliophorus tibialis)

HERONS & MARSH BIRDS

• Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
• Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
• Green Heron (Butorides s. virescens)
• Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
• Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
• Cattle Egret (Babulcus ibis)
• Great Egret (Camerodius albus)
• Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
• Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
• Gray-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea)
• Bare-throated Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
• Fasciated Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum)
• Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
• Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
• Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica)
• Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)

SWIFTS & SWALLOWS

• Gray-breasted Martin (Pronge chalybea)
• Purple Martin (Pronge subis)
• Blue-and-white Swallow (Notiochelidon cyanoleuca)
• Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
• Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota)

SEABIRDS, GULLS & TERNS

• Royal Tern (Sterna maxima)
• Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
• Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregeta magnificens)
• Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
• Laughing Gull (larus atricilla)

MANAKINS & BECARDS

• Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
• White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera)
• White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei

 

 

TOUCANS, MOTMOTS & KINGFISHERS

• Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii)
• Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
• Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus)
• Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
• Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii)
• Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)
• Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)
• Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
• Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa)
• Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
• Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata)
• Green and Rufous Kingfisher (Chloroceryle inda)

PARROTS

• Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa)
• Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata)
• Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis)
• Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
• Great-Green Macaw (Ara ambigua)
• Sulfur-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura hoffmanni)
• Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Aratinga finschi)

TROGONS & JACMARS

• Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)
• Violoceous Trogon (Trogon Violaceus)
• Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena)
• Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)
• Rufous-tailed Jacmar (Galbula ruficauda)

FLYCATCHERS

• Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
• Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarhynchus pitangua)
• Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
• Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
• Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
• Common Tody Flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps)
• Slate-headed Tody Flycatcher (Todirostrum sylvia)
• Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
• Yellowish Flycatcher (Empidonax flavescens)
• Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
• Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
• Black-capped Flycatcher (Empidonax atriceps)
• Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
• Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher (Ptilogonys caudatus)
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
• Tawny-chested Flycatcher Aphanotriccus capitalis)
• Ocraceous Pewee (Contopus ochraceus)
• Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
• Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
• Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus)
• Paltry "Mistletoe" Tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus)
• Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
• Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)

WOODCREEPERS & FURNARIDS

• Barred Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes certhia)
• Streaked-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
• Ruddy Treerunner (Margarornis rubiginosus)

ICTERIDS

• Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus dominicensis)
• Baltimore Oriole (Icterus g. galbula)
• Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
• Montezuma Orependola (Psarocolius montezuma)
• Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
• Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
• Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
• Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis)
• Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)

BARBETS, PUFFBIRDS & WOODPECKERS

• Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
• Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)
• Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus)
• Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex)
• Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen)
• Hoffman's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii)
• Golden-olive Woodpecker (Piculus rubiginosus)
• Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
• Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
• Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
• White-necked Puffbird (Bucco mocrohynchos)
• White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
• Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)

SPARROWS

• Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)
• Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)

SEEDEATERS

• Variable Seedeater (Sporophila aurita)
• Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivacea)
• White-collared Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola)
• Slaty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea)

THRUSHES, WRENS & JAYS

• Clay-colored Robin (Turdus grayi)
• Sooty Robin (Tardus nigrescens)
• White-throated Magpie Jay (Calocitta formosa)
• Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio)
• Silvery-throated Jay (Cyanolyca argentigula)
• Banded-backed Wren (Campylorhhynchus zonatus)
• Rufous-naped Wren (Campylorhhynchus rufinucha)
• House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
• Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
• Black-billed Nightingale Thrush (Catharus gracilirostris)
• Ruddy-capped nightengale-Thrush (Catharus frantzii)
• Black-faced Solitaire (Myadestes melanops)

ANTBIRDS

• Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus)
• Dusky Antbird (Cercomacra tyrannia)
• Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani)
• Chestnut-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza exsul)

CUCKOOS & NIGHTJARS

• Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
• Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
• Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
• Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)

SHOREBIRDS

• Willet (Catoptrophophorus semipalmatus)
• Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
• Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
• Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris)
• Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• Lesser Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
• Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa mealanoleuca)
• Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
• Sanderling (Calidris alba)
• Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
• Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
• Double-striped Thick-knee (Burhinus bristriatus)
• Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
• American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)

LARGE WATERBIRDS

• Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
• White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
• Olivaceous Cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceous)
• Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
• Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
• Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaja ajaja)

DUCKS & GREBES

• Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
• Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
• Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Total Costa Rican Bird Species = 257